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BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1945 – August 24, 1965
Service recordBarry Newton Hambleton, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 88
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.